Compared with the tense atmosphere inside the city, the atmosphere of the attacking troops outside the city was obviously much more relaxed.
The 12th Regiment, which had been afraid of fighting a tough battle before, has now become more confident and looks forward to the attack time coming soon.
At the north gate offensive position, Commander Wang of the 12th Regiment was wandering around the offensive position, boosting the morale of the troops and looking for people.
All soldiers who have fired heavy machine guns and artillery are the targets he is looking for.
At the third company position, the commander of the newly formed artillery company was asking the commander of the third company for help. As they were talking, the two men started to quarrel.
"What are you arguing about? The enemy is currently in front of us. If you don't lead the troops well, you will cause trouble for me. The soldiers are watching. The two company commanders are shouting so loudly. Aren't they afraid of being laughed at?" Captain Wang strode over and cursed.
On the surface, it sounded like a curse, but there was no anger in the tone. It was obvious that the leader was in a good mood at the moment and did not really reprimand the two subordinates.
The third company commander seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and quickly reported: "Captain, Captain Zhou is too bullying. Lao Wang is the platoon leader of the third company. If he fights one more battle, he will be promoted to deputy company commander. If he wants to leave,
If we have to leave, what should we do with Sanlian?"
"If the artillery company wanted an ordinary soldier or a squad leader, I would definitely not frown."
"But Lao Wang can't do it. Without him, the third row and the second row are equivalent to losing the backbone, and the combat effectiveness will definitely drop."
The artillery company commander did not feel embarrassed at all and reported: "Captain, I heard that Platoon Leader Wang used to be the artillery squad leader."
"Because the cannon was blown up by the Japanese, I changed my career to an infantryman."
"If Platoon Commander Wang goes to the artillery company, I plan to make him the deputy company commander and commander of an artillery platoon. I will also serve as a platoon commander, and we will have two platoon commanders in the artillery company."
The third company commander was reluctant to let him go, and the artillery company was in urgent need of such talents. Commander Wang was in a dilemma.
After thinking for a few seconds, he stared at the artillery company commander and asked: "This Platoon Commander Wang is really so powerful!"
"Yes!" the artillery company commander affirmed: "He can lead several artillerymen who have become monks on their own, and command three cannons to participate in the battle at the same time. There will be no problem at all."
A siege can start at any time, and the artillery battery is the protagonist of the feint attack and must be formed immediately.
Which one is more important, you can tell at a glance.
Commander Wang quickly made a decision and looked at the third company commander's order: "Give Platoon Commander Wang to the artillery company. In order to make up for the loss of the third company, I will give you two additional light machine guns."
Half an hour later, the artillery company finally gathered more than fifty gunners, divided into two platoons, each equipped with four mortars.
Commander Wang is particularly excited. He has been in the position of commander for almost three years and has always dreamed of owning an artillery battery, but it has never come true.
When I first became a regiment commander in a local army, there were more than 500 people in the regiment. I didn't even think about mortars. I only had one heavy machine gun, not even a chassis.
In order to go to the battlefield, I had to ask a carpenter to make a frame as a temporary site. It was very troublesome to replace it with another one every battle.
After slowly developing the army into an independent regiment, the total strength was also expanded to 800 people, but there were still no mortars, only one heavy machine gun platoon, equipped with three heavy machine guns. Anyway, I finally had something to use.
Heavy weapons can be.
A year ago, the Independent Regiment was reorganized into the 12th Regiment, and its total strength was expanded from 800 to 1,400.
With the support from his superiors and his own captures over the past year, he finally expanded the heavy machine gun platoon into a firepower platoon, with three mortars that he thought about day and night, but the dream of forming an artillery battery was still far away.
Tonight, this dream finally came true.
More importantly, when the army took over the position, the chief of staff promised himself: If we fight this battle well and occupy Datong City, we will definitely add two infantry or mountain cannons to the 12th Regiment.
At that time, the artillery battery will be fully manned, and it can advance, attack, retreat or defend.
The more Captain Wang thought about it, the more excited he became. He looked at the artillery battery and gave a serious order: "Captain Zhou, the battle situation is urgent. I will give you three hours to familiarize yourself with the troops and equipment. After three hours, the artillery battery will join the battle. First kill the artillery of the little Japanese at the top of the city, and then
Cover the infantry attack."
"Eight mortars and four hundred rounds of artillery shells, I'll give them all to you."
"You have the final say on how to fight. I have only one request: cover the infantry attack at all costs and reduce their casualties."
The atmosphere at the enemy headquarters in front of the garrison regiment was more relaxed than at the offensive position of the 12th regiment.
Especially after he thought of a way to solve the crisis in the base area and no longer had any worries, the smile on Li Hao's face never stopped.
As for Datong City, he is not worried.
The surrounding Japanese and puppet troops have been completely wiped out. The places farther away are either the Eighth Route Army base area or the Jinsui Army occupied area. The Japanese army must pass through these two places if they want to directly reinforce Datong.
No matter which path the Japanese army chooses, it will be difficult to follow due to many dangers.
Therefore, Datong City will not receive any reinforcements in the next three or four days.
As long as the attacking troops are prepared for aircraft bombing, they can slowly clear up the Japanese and puppet troops in the city and attack them as they want.
Hong Linfeng rushed into the headquarters quickly. Although he was very tired and breathing heavily, the smile on his face betrayed his excitement at this moment.
He rushed in and reported hurriedly: "The situation of the leader is much better than we expected."
"I contacted all the troops of the garrison in Datong, and we seized a total of 45 intact cars in the past two nights."
"They will gather here at the command center within an hour and be on standby."
"I also ordered the Datong Independent Battalion, which arrived in advance, to organize their equipment and ammunition."
"As soon as the troop transport Chen arrived, they got on the truck and transported 900 people back to the base area at a time. I went back with the first batch of transport teams."
"The political commissar has gathered 60 vehicles in the base area and is on his way to the pick-up point."
"All the cavalry battalions were dispatched to control the entire highway in platoon units to prevent Japanese and puppet agents from sabotaging it."
"As long as nothing happens, we can arrive at the front line of Laiyuan at twelve o'clock in the evening."
Chief of Staff Zhou stood nearby with a surprised look on his face. He used a car relay to transport the troops back to the support base. This method was so unexpected that he was also shocked. Then his whole body was covered with surprise. He looked at Li Hao with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Think analysis.
"Commander Li, transporting troops by car is a good method."
"The Japanese would never have imagined that as long as you arrange it well, the return troops will suddenly appear in front of the Japanese and puppet troops like soldiers and generals from heaven."
"Not only can it catch them off guard, but if done well, it can also severely damage the Japanese attacking troops."
That's what Li Hao thought, and he immediately responded: "Chief, we have exactly the same idea."
"Chief of Staff Hong first led two independent battalions back, and used a more aggressive approach to show weakness while blocking the Japanese and dragging them to the edge of the base area."
"After I lead the main force of the group to arrive, I will go directly to block their retreat."
"If possible, kill them and then destroy a mobile unit of the Shanxi garrison."
Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and praised: "This is a very good idea."
"We will capture Datong here, and you will eat up the Japanese and puppet attacking troops there. After two battles, the Japanese and puppet troops will lose at least 10,000 people, which is enough to make the Shanxi garrison feel distressed for a while."
"You continue to organize troops here to return to the base to support you. I will contact the follow-up troops and ask them to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible without delaying the opportunity to attack."
Li Hao stopped Chief of Staff Zhou who was about to leave: "There is no need to worry, chief. We don't necessarily have to launch an attack in the early morning."
"After the crisis in the base area has been resolved, the initiative on the battlefield has returned to our hands. We can attack whenever we want."
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